>  CS>  Today was rice, green beans (made with mirin and dashi),
 > 
 >   I need to teach how to cook green beans in the Southern style.
 >   Its pretty much the beans, with added bacon drippings and cooked till its
 > completely tasteless, limp and of no nutritional value...  :)

Actually there's a way to make them delicious.   I dont do it often due to my
cholestrol, but i sometimes make them for the family and have just a few.

Get and fry up a quantity of good tastey bacon, this time a hicory smoked
slightly sweet one works nicely.  Wash the green beans and snap off the ends.
 When the bacon is ready, remove the bacon and add the green beans. Let cook
in bacon for about 2 mins (still crisp) then remove, drape with the cooked
bacon and serve quickly before they cool.

Nothing more is added as nothing else is needed, though occasionally I'll add
a few fresh mushrooms to it as it cooks.

When I do make this, the bacon is generally the only meat component of the
meal.  A large serving of rice, topped with the beans (dont be too fanatic
about draining them, let the bacon grease flavor the rice).  I serve it with
fresh crusty bread from the breadmaker, and sometimes a bean soup.  Some of
the soup might get pureed with beans to make a gravy to top the whole thing,
or to be used to sop the bread in.

Since many of my beanpot recipes are made with little or no meat or fat
added, some of the bacon fat might get added to the bowl and stirred in.
              xxcarol
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